Container



May 29, 1928. 1,671,097

6. AULBACH v CONTAINER I Filed Aug. 11. 1926 I I. INVENTOR I C. J. flulbach BY V ATTORNEY Patented May 29, 1928.

oHA'Rtcss J, surname PASSA-IC, nnw- JnrtsnY, Assrenon TO'PA'SSAIC METAL WARE COMPANY, or rAssAre, new JERSEY, noonroan'rron or new JERSEY.

CONTAINER.

Application and August 11, 926. Serial no. 123,521.

. ,Anobjectot myin'yention is to 'providea {cqntainer with oneo'r more projections or 1 earsifbymeans. of which the containei; may 'be retainedor secured in a desired position, a further object being to secure'such projection ;or;ear 'to-[the container between the -o{intaiiie'r and head or, end thereof by thefsea ning togetherof said body end and Without requi1*ing, the use of other securing means, thus providing 'asecure' and i n' e' 'z'ipe ris'ive means of securing said ends to containers.

In carrying out my invention I provide a container Q1 Can body, a head or end thereijoradaptedlto be seaniedthereto ,sand a retainenhaying a portion located between the jmarginal portioiisVof {the body and j the head in such position "that when the body and head'are'seamed together, as in an ordinary can-body seaming. machine the retainer will be secured by the seaming M; 'nve ntion further compr ses novel details oi iinloroyement, 'that will be anore fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed asse in the, claim, 7 r a Reference is'to be hadto the ac'compan ying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein j g j M 'Fig. l is a side view'of a container emboclying my invention; v r t v v .2 is a I partly "broken plan view of the container body, the cover being omitted; 1F ig. 3.is-a section on line 3 3,, in Fig. :2; v v:Fig. tis a perspective yiewy illustrating my improved retainer to besecured to the con- M r; v r M,

v Fig. 5 is asectional detail illustrating a step in producing'my iinprovement, showing theretainer upon an end of the container Fig. '6 is a 'siinil'ar View illustrating another step showing the head or end iii'po'sition; I v j p "Fig. 7 is a similar View showing the parts secured together by single seaming;

Fig. 8 is a similar View illustrating an end portion of the retainer as bent outwardly from the container body in position for use as a projection or lug;

Fig. 9 is a View substantially similar to Fig. 7, showing the parts secured together by double seaming; and

Fig. 10 is a sectional detail illustrating a modified form of the retainer,

be secured together by seaming, such as is c uston'iary n seaming I the bodies and heads oriends of tin cans, either by single seaming or double sean' ing. At 3 indicated a coverior the open end of the container and Which may'be of: any suitable or'usual detachable type,

'At 1: is fndic ated my improved retainer e which, in Figs. 1 tof9, is represented as a strip of suitablem'aterial such as 1netal,'ex-

tending across the container and located against or adiacent to it's head or end 2, With end' portions of theretainer at 4 extending from the container, in'the nature of projections or ears which may be provided With holes 5 for securingthe' partsto an object. The retainer strip i adjacent to its ends is shown bent intoflhoolglike form at 4f with the projecting portions' lfi substantiall'y-at right angles to the plane of the strip. The hook-like portions 4 areadapted to receive the edge portion ofbody '1 at an open end so-that the main'or middle portion of the strip 4 be located Within the container body j 1 j g iVVhen the partsare to be assembled the strip '4 Will beplaced against, an open end of the container body, the edge portion of which 'Willenter the'hook-like portions oi thefretainer, andthe head or end 2 Will be placed in position "against the-same open end of the 'bodyand against the strip 4;, with'tl e retainer at the'junction of the body and the head, as illustrated in Fig. 3. The

conta'iner body l may be placed on end, as on a usual mandrel in a seaming machine, (not sho n), w t-lithe retainer strip 4: 1n

the position stated and the projecting portions 4* extending along the sides of the body, as illustrated in Fig. 5. According to the next step the head or end 2 is placed upon the corresponding end of the body 1 and its ofiset portion 2 rests over the end of the body and over the strip 4, as illustrated in Fig. 6. With the parts in the last named position the projecting marginal portion 2* of the head or end 2 may be seamed, as in a seaming machine, to secure seamed in the manner described the head to the body 1, whereupon part of the seamed portion 2 will bear against the outer parts of the hook-like portion 491 of the retainer while'the portions l? of the retainer remain substantially parallel with and against the body 1, as illust 'ated in Fig. 7 With the parts i of the retainer extending along the sides of the body 1, as in Figs. 5, 6 and 7, during the time of seamingthe body 1 and the head 2 together, said parts do not interfere with the seaming tools of the seaming machine, which tools canoperate around the edge portion 2 of the head 2 and outside of the hook-like portions a" of the retainer without interference therefrom. After the parts have been seamed together, as illustrated in Fig. 7 the portions 4 of the retainer may be bent outwardly from the container body in. the nature of projections or cars, through which screws or nails may be driven for securing the body to a support by means of said projections or cars.

' In Fig. 9 the body land the head or end 2 are attaehed together by double seaming,

} andin this instance the portion of the retainer 4i projecting beyond the body, such as at i" and f, is of sufficient length to permit the same to be folded in with the double seaming 2, with sufficient of the portion or portions 4 of the retainer extending outwardly to be bent into the form of projection or lug f.

lVhile I have so far described the retainer 4; as provided with two hook-like portions l" and of such dimension as to extend across the interior of the body 1 to provide two hook-like portions 1;" on the retainer strip for engagement with the edge of the body 1. it will be understood that the retainer need not extend across the body 1 and may be provided with a single projection or car on one side only. Such construction is illustrated in Fig. 10. Instead of having the material of the retainer rest against the head or end 2 the inner portion of the retainenmay extend along an inner side of the wall of the container, as indicated at 4, and the head or end 2 may be single seamed to the container to secure the retainer, as illustrated in Fig. 10, or may be double with 1'e spect to Fig. 9.

By means of my improvement the readjacent outer surface ofv tainer is securely attached to the container body between the latter and its head or end without danger of becoming displaced, so that the container may be provided with one or more outwardly extending projections or cars e for securing the retainer as before described. The construction de scribed is advantageous in that no solder or rivets are required to securea projection or car to a container, dispensing with rivet holes and danger of solderbecoming loosened and releasing a projection or'ear. The cost of manufacture is reduced and aireflicient container of the character set forth is provided. I i

lVhile I have illustrated and described the container as comprising a body. and a head or end secured together by double seaming and have set forth such construe tion as advantageous in securing the retainer to the container, whereby the use of solder or rivets for securing projections or ears to containers may be dispensed with, it will be understood that my invention is not limited to securing'a retainer to a container or can body where the joint between the body and head or end is made by seaming. My improved retainer can be located in the position described, at the junction between a container body and'its head or end, in which the parts are secured together by soldering in a well known way, in which instance my improved retainer Will be secured at the junction between the body and its header end with a projection or car i OX- terior to the container where a socalled soldered as distinguished from a so-called seamed container is desired.

Having no w described my invention what I claim is: i f

A container comprising a body and a head and having a retainer comprising a strip extending within the body across the head and having spaced hook-like portions receiving an end of the body, said retainer having projecting portions without the body, the head having a marginal portion seamed to the body outside of the latter and outside of adjacent portions of the retainer,

the retainer having in'ojecting portions ex- 7 tending beyond the container for securing the container to a support.

CHARLES J. AULBACl-I. 

